TheApprentice Posted March 25, 2016 Share Posted March 25, 2016 Ds is currently in 7th grade doing Derek Owens Pre-Algebra. He will be homeschooled for the 8th grade, but I'm not sure I want to stay with Derek Owens for Algebra because the word problems are not that challenging and this child will be going to high school. His older brother transitioned to high school this past school year, and has stated that ds would need to be strong in figuring out word problems. So my thought was either Math In Focus grade 8 or AoPS Pre-Algebra. AoPS Pre-Algebra looks significantly stronger than Derek Owens, so that is my thinking with him repeating Pre-Algebra. Also, the school he will be attending will not accept any homeschool classes, so ds will need to start in Algebra as a freshman. Thoughts on these two options. Is there another option I'm missing? I'm usually finished with my planning at this point. I hate not having it all figured out by now. :thumbdown: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EKS Posted March 25, 2016 Share Posted March 25, 2016 What text does the school use? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheApprentice Posted March 25, 2016 Author Share Posted March 25, 2016 Algebra 1 by Kanold, Burger, Dixon, Larson and Leinwand. Publister by Houghton, Mifflin and Harcourt. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheApprentice Posted March 26, 2016 Author Share Posted March 26, 2016 Never mind. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Julie of KY Posted March 30, 2016 Share Posted March 30, 2016 My daughter just transitioned from DO prealgebra to AoPS prealgebra. AoPS definately will be more of a challenge for her. IF you want to move on to algebra, I'd ask the school you are interested in for high school if he can test out of algebra. They may not accept homeschool classes for the transcript, but many schools will allow you to place out of algebra - though still requiring you to take 4 years of high school math IN high school. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrSmith Posted March 31, 2016 Share Posted March 31, 2016 Try an Alcumus account? You can set the level and there's lots of problems. If your son understands the math, there's is no point in doing it again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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